Problem when playing PtE slideshows, published as a .mp4 file, via SONY PlayStaton3 and/or SONY flatscreen TV

[KIWABI multimedia]

Hallo Igor,

Problem when playing PtE slideshows, published as a  .mp4 file, via SONY PlayStation3 and/or SONY flatscreen TV.

During playback of the .mp4 file an intermittent “cracking” and “spocking” sound is heard.

A PtE slideshow, made with PtE 8, and published as a .mp4 file, was put on USB-stick, entered in a PlayStation3 console, connected to a beamer gives NO problem.

A similar PtE slideshow, made with PtE 9, and published as a .mp4 file, also put on USB-stick, entered in a PlayStation3 console, connected to a beamer  gives the problem of intermittent “cracking” and “spocking” sound in the loudspeakers.

The same configuration, connected to a SONY flatscreen TV  gives the same problem.

Entering the same USB-stick in a PANASONIC media player (PANASONIC DMPBDT 180 model), connected to a beamer or the same SONY flatscreen TV gives  NO problem (clear sound).

Even a recent PtE slideshow, made with PtE 10 beta 17, and published as a .mp4 file, was put on USB-stick and directly connected via the USB-input of the SONY flatscreen TV  gives the “cracking” sound problem.

If we look at the dialog box Creating HD video for PC and Mac  (via the menu Publish > HD video…) in PtE 8  we can read: ”Creating a video file (in H.264 format) for viewing a slideshow on PC, Mac, and PlayStation 3.”  Indeed, we have no problem with .mp4 files, made with PtE 8.

In PtE 9 we can read: ”Creating a video file (in H.264 format) for PC, Mac, and Xbox.”  Playstation 3 (or 4) is no longer mentioned. 

Is it possible that the video codec in recent PtE releases  is not a PS3 or PS4 compatible codec?

According to the PlayStation support website, ”PS4 only supports playing MP4 files encoded with H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile (AAC LC)”.

[Igor]

Hi,

It seems that PS3 doesn't fully support H.264 video format. According this article PS3  has no support for B-Pyramid and P4x4 options which are used in PTE 9 and 10 by default to improve quality and reduce file size.

More info: https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-play-MP4-files-on-the-PS3

Try the latest PTE 10 Release Candidate 4 version: https://files.wnsoft.com/test/10/picturestoexe-setup-x64.exe
I'm not sure that it may help, but it's better to try it.

Also did you try to update firmware of your PS3? Probably Sony already improved playback of H.264 videos.

Another solution would be use of Handbrake free video converter. And use a preset for Playstation 3.

Or create AVI videos in PTE 9 and PTE 10 to make compatible with PS3 video files.